Image 3 (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Image 3

Caption

Container vessels dramatically increased in size and number during the 20th century, and the Panama Canal had to be expanded to keep pace with the acceleration of global shipping.

Credit

Florida Museum photo by Jeff Gage

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License

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